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Intel Pentium Gold 8500
Benchmarks & Specs

Name: Intel Pentium Gold 8500
Brand: Intel
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

Last updated: 2025-10-04

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

The Intel Pentium Gold 8500 processor, based on the modern Alder Lake U architecture, represents a reliable choice. Its production using the advanced 10-nanometer process significantly optimizes energy efficiency. This makes it an excellent option for mobile devices where battery life is crucial.

A special feature is the integrated Intel UHD Graphics 12th generation with 48 execution units. This graphics solution enables a clear and smooth display of media content. It also offers perfectly adequate performance for common productivity applications. You will be pleased with how well this processor handles everyday tasks.

Surfing the Internet or editing documents is effortless. Enjoying streaming services is also easily possible. The combination of 3 MB L2 cache and 8 MB L3 cache ensures quick system responses. With a maximum memory bandwidth of 83 GB/s, it is well-equipped for its class. We consider this processor a solid companion for regular use.

It offers a stable and efficient foundation for many digital activities.

High energy efficiency due to 10nm manufacturing
Integrated Intel UHD Graphics 12th generation
Reliable performance for everyday tasks

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank ? / ?
In segment Notebook

Multi-core performance

Rank ? / ?
In segment Notebook

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 4.75 GHz

1,529

8C / 16T · 4.70 GHz

1,529

5C / 6T · 4.40 GHz

1,527

8C / 16T · 4.73 GHz

1,526

8C / 16T · 4.80 GHz

1,520

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz

3,452

4C / 8T · 3.30 GHz

3,420

5C / 6T · 1.40 GHz

3,417

4C / 8T · 3.20 GHz

3,410

4C / 8T · 3.60 GHz

3,401

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 5000

640

Intel HD Graphics 5000

640

Intel UHD Graphics 12th Gen (48 EU)

614

AMD Radeon R6 (Merlin Falcon)

610

AMD Radeon R6E

582

More benchmarks

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Property	Value
Family	Intel Pentium (150)
CPU group	Intel Pentium Gold 8000 (2)
Architecture	Alder Lake U
Technology	10 nm
Segment	Notebook
Socket	BGA 1744
Generation	12
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Property	Value
CPU Cores / Threads	5 / 6
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	1x Golden Cove 1.00 - 4.40 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Gracemont 0.70 - 3.30 GHz
L2-Cache	3.25 MB
L3-Cache	8.00 MB
Overclocking	No

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Property	Value
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 12th Gen (48 EU)
GPU frequency	0.20 - 0.80 GHz
CUs / Shader	48 / 384
Raytracing	✗
Max. displays	3
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB
Technology	10 nm
Release date	Q2/2020

NPU AI performance

Property	Value
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Memory type	Memory bandwidth
LPDDR5-5200 LPDDR4X-4266 DDR5-4800 DDR4-3200	83.2 GB/s 68.2 GB/s 76.8 GB/s 51.2 GB/s
Property	Value
Max. Memory	64 GB
Memory channels	2
ECC	✗
PCIe	4.0 x 14
PCIe Bandwidth	27.6 GB/s

Thermal Management

Property	Value
TDP	9 W
TDP (PL2)	29 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Property	Value
Chip design	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓
Operating systems
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q1/2022
Release price
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

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